General Knowledge Quiz for 6 July 2010
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1
In the southern hemisphere, the winds associated with a cyclone, a region of low pressure, blow in which direction?
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2
Which TV series followed the exploits of Father Ted Crilly, Father Dougal McGuire and the retired Father Jack Hackett, who preside over a parish on Craggy Island?
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3
Where was a nuclear reactor accident that resulted in a severe release of radioactivity following a massive power excursion which destroyed the reactor on 26 April 1986 at 01:23:45 a.m.?
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4
Who was the British nurse executed on 12 October 1915 for harbouring wounded and refugee soldiers in Brussels during the German occupation, and assisting escapes to Holland?
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5
In what year was the first demonstration of a helicopter lifting itself organised by Louis Breguet and Professor Richet?
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6
At Turin (2006), who became the first Canadian to win five medals in one Olympic Games?
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7
Goidelic is one type of the Celtic language. What is the other?
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